Dear all,

I would like to thank Camillo and Patrick for their answers. If anyone else has additional thoughs on the matter, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

We are actually already using part of the elements presented in TEI 12.1.5; however, since empty elements such as <lacunaStart/> and so forth, may occur only within some other elements (i.e. <lemma> or <rdg>), we were wondering whether an additional place to state such info on the witnesses in plain text could be of use. <samplingDecl> was initially suggested by a TEI expert, but upon reflection we thought it might be redundant, especially in light of elements already present in our <teiHeader> such as <sourceDesc>, which could serve this purpose good enough.

Looking forward to continuing this exchange, I send my best regards.
Giulia




Da: Camillo Formigatti <camillo.formigatti@bodleian.ox.ac.uk>
Inviato: lunedě 16 novembre 2020 11:52
A: giulia b <giulia.buriola@hotmail.it>; indic-texts@lists.tei-c.org <indic-texts@lists.tei-c.org>
Oggetto: RE: <samplingDecl>
 

Dear Giulia,

 

I agree with Patrick’s suggestions. However, it would be good to know more about the exact purpose of your encoding practice, i.e. what are you striving to achieve with it? As I see it, the TEI guidelines are pretty broad and in many cases it is possible to look at a textual aspect with different approaches, which accordingly would require one or the other encoding element. In other words, depending on your aim, you could use <samplingDecl> or the elements described at “12.1.5 Fragmentary Witnesses”, as Patrick suggested – you could even use a combination of the two, or more elements etc.

 

I wonder what others think about it, as I believe that this type of decision should be coordinated between all of us in order to become standard practice for South Asian texts.

 

Best wishes,

 

Camillo

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From: Indic-texts <indic-texts-bounces@lists.tei-c.org> On Behalf Of giulia b
Sent: 15 November 2020 09:39
To: indic-texts@lists.tei-c.org
Subject: [Indic-texts] <samplingDecl>

 

Dear all,

 

I was wondering if anybody on the list has ever used the element <samplingDecl> and, if so, for which purposes. By reading the TEI guidelines (here), it seems that this should only be used when creating a corpus or a collection of texts, adding together pieces of a source or different sources.

 

My doubt is: could it be used to record free-text information about the inclusion or the omission of portions of a text, manuscripts, or witnesses that are not editorial? For instance, can it be a good place to report that, for a given stretch of text, a given witness will not  be collated (whether because the witness is incomplete or damaged)? Or should this kind of info rather be stated somewhere else (e.g. in <sourceDesc>, or <editorialDecl>)?

 

Thanks in advance and best regards,

Giulia Buriola